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CP24 relocated from the iconic 299 Queen St. West building in downtown Toronto to Bell Media’s Agincourt studios in Scarborough on Tuesday, Nov. 26 to join a news hub, alongside CTV National News, CTV News Toronto, CTVNews.ca, and CTV News Channel. Bell Media says CP24 will still have a presence at 299 Queen St. West, ensuring continued coverage from downtown Toronto. A spokesperson also confirmed there are no plans at this time to remove a holdover from the building’s Citytv days, the former City Pulse Chevrolet G-Series truck, which was eventually rebranded with the CP24 logo.
Sheridan College has paused 40 of its programs in the wake of the federal government’s international student cap. In the Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design, Journalism, Visual and Creative Arts – Advanced Diploma, Visual Merchandising Design, Game Level Design and Honours Bachelor of Photography are being suspended. Current students will have the opportunity to graduate from the programs in which they are enrolled, with programs to close on a rolling basis over the coming months and years as the college anticipates a 30% drop in enrollment. Centennial College has also cancelled 2025 enrollment for its Children’s Media program, scheduled to start in January.
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UBCP/ACTRA celebrated the best in film, television, and new media in British Columbia at the 13th Annual UBCP/ACTRA Awards at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Michelle Harrison won Best Lead Performance, Motion Picture for Re: Uniting, while Jewel Staite claimed Best Lead Performance, Series for Family Law. In addition to eight performance awards, the John Juliani Award of Excellence was presented to actor John Cassini for his contributions as a performer and significant accomplishments within the industry. Find the full list of winners and nominees here.
ACTRA Manitoba announced the winners of the 2024 ACTRA Manitoba Awards on Nov. 23 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Adam Hurtig led this year’s performance wins, claiming both Outstanding Performance in a Feature for Melaleuca, and Outstanding Performance in a Short for Playing Life. Outstanding Performance in a Series honours went to Paul Essiembre for The Porter and Darla Contois for Little Bird. The Wayne Nicklas Award was presented to Kenny Boyce, the City of Winnipeg’s Manager, Film and Special Events for more than two decades, for his outstanding contribution to Manitoba’s film & television industry. The ACTRA Manitoba Award went to Kistikan Pictures (Acting Good) for their dedicated commitment to Manitoba performers.
Canada’s Walk of Fame has announced the first round of Inductees for 2025, including actress, advocate and producer Tonya Williams. She’ll be joined by guitarist Liona Boyd, golfer Mike Weir, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Tirone David, children’s wellness champion Dr. Samantha Nutt, and Our Lady Peace. Canada’s Walk of Fame will host its annual Awards Show and Gala Celebration Event on June 14 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has announced that Michael Bublé will host and perform at the 2025 JUNO Awards broadcast. The 15-time JUNO-winner returns as host for a third time, live from his hometown of Vancouver. The 54th Annual JUNO Awards, produced by Insight Productions, will broadcast and stream live across Canada from Rogers Arena on March 30 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s YouTube page. Sum 41 will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during a special presentation and performance, while Live Nation Canada’s Riley O’Connor will be presented with the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
CBC has announced streaming and broadcast premiere dates for its winter 2025 slate of new and returning programming on CBC Gem and CBC TV. New Allan Hawco drama Saint-Pierre (10×60) premieres Monday Jan. 6 (9 p.m.). Hawco co-stars alongside Joséphine Jobert (Death in Paradise) as seasoned officers with different policing skills and approaches, forced to work together to solve crimes in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, the French territory just off the coast of Newfoundland. New comedy series North of North (8×30) premieres in Canada on CBC Gem, CBC TV and APTN on Tuesday, Jan. 7, prior to its global launch on Netflix in spring 2025. Filmed in Iqaluit, the series stars Inuk actor Anna Lambe (True Detective, Trickster, The Grizzlies) as a young Inuk woman who dreams of reinventing herself in her tiny Arctic community of Ice Cove. Comedy Small Achievable Goals (8×30) debuts Tuesday, Feb. 25 (9 p.m.) featuring Baroness von Sketch Show’s Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill as two wildly different women in the throes of menopause, thrust together to produce a podcast.
Crave has ordered a second season of its popular original docuseries, The Rebuild: Inside The Montreal Canadiens. Currently in production, Season 2 takes viewers behind the scenes of the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge’s 2024-25 season, to witness the team’s growth as new players and promising young talent join the roster. Season 1, which premiered in September in English and French, was one of the most-viewed French titles on Crave and the #1 Crave Original factual series since Crave became a bilingual TV and streaming series in 2020. The premiere season is set to make its linear TV debut on RDS, beginning Friday, Nov. 29, and on TSN, Saturday, Nov. 30.
Asian Television Network (ATN) has acquired and renewed broadcast rights for New Zealand Cricket for three more years. ATN will have the exclusive Canadian rights for all home matches, including international games featuring the Blackcaps (men’s team) and the White Ferns (women’s team), as well as domestic competitions like the Super Smash. All games will be aired live on CBN and ATN Cricket Plus, both available nationally on various cable and satellite platforms across Canada.
